Simple Sentences, Substitution, and Intuitions by Jennifer M. Saul
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ISBN: 9780199575640
Oxford University Press, 05 August 2010
Paperback, 188 pages
The phenomenon of substitution failure is a longstanding focus of discussion for philosophers of language. Substitution failure occurs when a change from one co‑referential name to another (e.g., from “Superman” to “Clark Kent”) affects the truth‑value of a sentence. In Simple Sentences, Substitution, and Intuitions, Jennifer M. Saul presents the first full‑length treatment of this puzzling feature of language and explores its implications for the theory of reference and names, and for the methodology of semantics.